期末复习 综合阅读训练【江苏南京名校拔创班】 2024-2025学年译林版英语八年级下册

八下期末阅读综合训练 一、完形填空。 If you're reading this, you were probably born in the 2000s. The oh-ohs. The 21st century, That would make you young, creative, connected, global, and no doubt smart. Maybe good-looking, too.Right? But 1 do other people think about your generation(同辈人)? Some adults worry that you're more interested in the 2 in front of you than the world around you. They think of you as the “face-down generation” because you use your phone so much and they wonder how you will deal with school, friends, and family. Are today’s teenagers too busy texting and taking selfies(自拍照)to become successful in 3 life or“IRL”as you would say? Other adults worry that today’s youth are spoilt(宠坏的 ) and don’t want to face the challenges of adult life. Many people born in the 1990s and 2000s were 4 by “helicopter parents” who were always there to guide and help them with a busy schedule filled with homework and extra-curricula activities such as dancing, drawing, or sports. With parents who do everything for them, today’s youth seem to prefer to live like teenagers 5 when they are in their 20s or 30s. Does the face-down generation need a 6 ? Well, probably not. The fact is that many of today’s teenagers are used to working with powerful digital(数码的 ) tools that allow them to work on their own as well as team up with others. 7 , because they could learn about people and cultures around the globe from an early age, they developed.a greater understanding of diversity(多样性) and the importance of finding their own identities(身份). When facing difficulties, they are the first to step forward and seem to be more 8 to become.leaders. More young people than ever volunteer to help their 9 , taking part in activities like elderly care, neighbourhood cleanup, first aid and safety training. There are also brave young people such as Malala Yousafzai, the teenager who won the Nobel Peace Prize for pushing girls’ rights to go to school. So if you’re one of the oh-ohs,there’s reason to be 10 about the future. Things are looking up for the face-down generation. Chances are that you will do GR8 (great) and LOL (laugh out loud). 1. A. why B. what C. when D. where 2. A.view B. screen C. painting D. discussion 3. A.real B. recent C. relaxing D. romantic 4. A. raised B. trusted C. invited D. introduced 5. A. only B. soon C. even D.simply 6. A bead-down B. face-up C.nose-down D.hands-up 7. A. Suddenly B.Otherwise C. Similarly D.However 8. A. careful B. willing C. serious D. stressed 9. A. families B. schools C. offices D.communities 10. A. worried B. hopeful C. crazy D.nervous 二、阅读理解。 When winter arrived, the porcupine(豪猪) looked for somewhere nice and warm to live. He ran into the woods, looking around for a place. First, be came to a fallen tree trunk. “This looks like a suitable place!” he said, spying a hole in its side. But when he poked his head(探头)in, he heard “You can’t slay here it’s our home, and breakfast. lunch and dinner!” said hundreds of tiny termites(白蚁). The porcupine apologized(道歉)and backed away. “Now where can I go?” he wondered. Then he found a space under a thick bush that seemed to be protected from the wind, so he tried crawling(爬)in there. “Hey!” hissed the lynx(猞猁), showing her sharp paws. “This is my place, and don’t you forget it!” The porcupine went away in a hurry-he didn’t want any trouble.The poor porcupine was really getting worried, “I might freeze if I don’t find somewhere to stay soon!” he said, his teeth chattering. A snake overheard the porcupine and felt sorry for him. She poked her head out of her hole and said. “Would you like to stay in here with me? My burrow(洞穴) is quite small, but I’m sure we can both fit! The porcupine was ever so thankful! He pushed his way into the snake's narrow home. "This is so nice!" he said.“How kind of you lo let me in!” However, when the snake tried to get to sleep, she found it impossible to get into a comfortable position. Twist and turn as she might, she was always getting hurt by the porcupine's spines(刺)... “Can you move over a bit?” she asked. The porcupine tried, but it didn’t help! They both spent an uneasy night in the little burrow and hardly slept at all!“I really wanted to help the poor porcupine,” the snake though, “but I wish I’d never invited him in. The porcupine was feeling just as upset. When morning came, he cleared his throat and said, “I’m sorry that things are so uncomfortable, especially as you have been so kind. I think I have an idea, if you agree! The snake was still painful and tired from her sleepless night, so she just nodded. With his paws, the porcupine began scratching(刨) at the hole’s walls. As the snake watched in wonder, the porcupine dug out an extra room that was just the right size for him. “There you are!” he said in a satisfied voice. “Now there is plenty of room for both of us!” The snake and the porcupine shared that burrow all winter. it was wanner with the two of them in it, and there was enough space for both animals to sleep comfortably. The snake enjoyed the stores the porcupine told, and the porcupine was impressed by the snake’s skills at finding food. Their unlikely friendship made winter less lonely for both of them. I’m glad I let you in!” the snake hissed. “ It really is nice to share my home!” 1. How many times had the porcupine tried before being invited by the snake? A.Once. B.Twice. C.Three times. D.Four times. 2. How did the snake's feelings change? A.scared helpless curious B.interested nervous calm C.worried thankful pleased D.sorry uncomfortable happy 3. Which sentence in the story shows the porcupine's return for the snake's kindness? A. He pushed his way into the snake s narrow home. B. He ran into the woods, looking around for a place. C.The porcupine went away in a hurry—he didn’t want any trouble. D.With his paws, the porcupine began scratching at the hole s walls. 4.Which saying best expresses the theme of this story? A.When we give, we receive. B. Home is where the heart is. C.A miss is as good as a mile D. Many hands make light work 5. The snake and the porcupine can both stay safe and warm during winter. How is this like people and AI working together today according to the story? A. They compete with each other in daily lives. B. They share what they have to help each other. C.They learn from each other to solve problems, D.They collect information to make good decisions 三.首字母填空。 A A team of researchers at Stanford University, the U.S., believed that blue whales could be eating 10 million pieces of microplastics every day. The team compared two sets of data on microplastics. The first set came from the California Coastal Current(洋流), a current that draws sea water from Alaska to the western coast of North America. The 1. o_ came from the feeding behaviour of 191 labelled whales, 2. i_ blue whales and finbacks(长须鲸). The comparison led to two key discoveries. 3. F_, microplastics are mostly found at depths of 50 to 250 metres, where many kinds of whales live. Secondly, blue whales take 4. i _ nearly 10 million pieces of microplastics every day, and 4 million for humpbacks. Scientists have made the microplastics in whales' bodies a key study point for a longtime. It is mainly 5. b _ of the place they live and the way they eat. Many whales live not so 6. f_ from the coast, and it is easy for them to reach humans' pollutants(污染物), 7. e _ microplastics. What is 8. w_, most whales swallow(吞下)a huge amount of sea water when eating. It means that they eat more microplastics than other sea animals. The team was ready to carry out a 9. f_ study on the sea's environment. They also wanted to make clear how microplastics could affect the 10. h_ of whales. B Can you imagine a world without money, Or a world without even the idea of money? Well,thousands of years ago, money was not used at all. I_, humans had the “barter”(物物文换) system. This meant if people wanted something they weren't able to make or produce t_, they had to find someone who could produce it. Then they had to give that person something in e _. It wasn’t only goods that were bartered, it was s_ too: making wheels, repairing leather, keeping cows. Later, certain things came to be used as money because everyone would take these things in exchange. They were always n_. For example, cows, grains, salt and beads were all used as money at some time. It is difficult for us to imagine buying a horse, for example, with bags of salt but that is e_ what happened. Salt, in fact, was so v_ that some soldiers were paid in it. It is said that the word “salary” came from this p_. Finally, all these kinds of money were replaced(取代) by pieces of m_, especially gold and silver. Later on, people made coins, which had a consistent(一致的) purity and weight, and represented certain amounts of various objects. So a certain number of coins represented a cow, or 50 pounds of rice, and so on. Today, of course, we have notes and coins issued(发行) by the government, and everyone a_ this as money. Money makes it possible to trade in our modem world. You might sometimes find a friend who you can do a d_ trade with - perhaps one skateboard or game for another. But mostly this is impossible. Money also ar_ us to save. It would be difficult to save up lots of cows until you wanted to spend them. W_ would you put them while you saved? Money is also a measure(衡量) of value. If you have ever done jobs around the house to earn money to buy something like a bicycle, you will have learnt the value of what you were s_ for by how much work you had to do. Money plays an important r_ in our lives. So get your money's worth. 四、任务型阅读。 Chinese fancy knots, also called Chinese knots, refer to the traditional decorative knots in Chinese culture. They began as a form of folk art in the Tang and Song Dynasties in China, and became popular in the Ming Dynasty. Long ago, they found their way to Japan and other neighbouring countries, and were well received there. Now they are taken as one of the symbols of Chinese culture. As for the name itself, it is meaningful. The Chinese character for “ knot ” , jie, means “connection” or “combination”. It reminds people of some cultural concepts ]like marriage, brotherhood, friendship, unity and reunion(团圆). Meanwhile, the pronunciation of the Chinese character jie is very close to that of ji, “good luck”. As a result, Chinese knots perfectly serve as a way to express people’s strong wishes for good things like joy, love and good luck. Besides, the knots, widely existing in the everyday life of the Chinese, come in various(各种各样的) sizes, Small ones are joined to jewellery, clothes, gift-wrapping and furniture to attract people’s attention, and large ones are applied(应用) like fine paintings or photographs to decorate a living room or study. Whether large or small. there are over a dozen basic knot patterns(样式), named according to their shapes, usages or origins. For example. Double Coin Knots are called Shuangqian Jie because they are in the shape of 'two ancient Chinese coins, meaning “good things coming in pairs”. However, almost all the main styles of 'Chinese fancy knots are made up of two very similar parts, and the patterns on the font and the back sides are also similar in every detail. In addition to their varied sizes and patters, Chinese knots are famous for their bright colours.Each of the Chinese knots is made of only one string of cotton, silk. gold or silver, But the colours of the strings are rich and have various traditional cultural meanings. Among the most commonly used base colours, red symbolises good luck and happiness, green means health and harmony, and yellow, which was once known as the emperor's colour, may represent wealth and honour. In brief, the famous Chinese fancy knots fully show the depth of Chinese culture. These brightly coloured knots of' various patterns, with their endless chains of knots, symbolise that life on earth will continue forever. Chinese knots:A Symbol of Chinese Culture Chinese Knots: A Symbol of Chinese Culture 学科网(北京)股份有限公司 $$ 八下期末阅读综合训练答案 一、完形填空 答案 1.B 2.B 3.A 4.A 5.C 6.B 7.C 8.B 9.D 10.B 解析 1.B：“what do other people think about...” 为固定句型，用于询问他人对某事物的看法，所以这里应选 B。 2.B：根据后文提到的 “face - down generation” 以及 “use your phone so much”，可以推断出这里说的是手机屏幕，因此选 B。 3.A：“real life” 表示现实生活，与前文提到的网络生活形成对比，符合语境，所以选 A。 4.A：“be raised by” 意思是由…… 抚养长大，这里说的是被 “直升机父母” 抚养，因此选 A。 5.C：“even when” 表示即使当…… 时候，这里指即使到了二三十岁，年轻人还是像青少年一样生活，所以选 C。 6.B：文章前面提到了 “face - down generation”，这里与之相对应的应该是 “face - up”，表示抬头面对生活，因此选 B。 7.C：“Similarly” 表示同样地，前面说青少年习惯使用数码工具，这里说他们从小了解全球文化，二者是类似的情况，所以选 C。 8.B：“be willing to do sth.” 表示愿意做某事，这里指他们更愿意成为领导者，符合语境，因此选 B。 9.D：“communities” 表示社区，后文提到的 “elderly care, neighbourhood cleanup” 等都是社区活动，所以选 D。 10.B：根据后文 “Things are looking up” 可知，对未来应该是充满希望的，因此选 B。 二、阅读理解 答案 1.B 2.D 3.D 4.A 5.B 解析 1.B：豪猪第一次尝试住在倒下的树干里，被白蚁拒绝；第二次尝试住在灌木丛下，被猞猁赶走，所以在被蛇邀请之前尝试了两次，选 B。 2.D：蛇一开始听到豪猪的话感到 “sorry”，邀请豪猪后因为豪猪的刺而 “uncomfortable”，最后豪猪挖了新房间，它们都住得舒服了，蛇变得 “happy”，所以选 D。 3.D：豪猪用爪子刨洞的墙壁，挖了一个额外的房间，这是对蛇的善良的回报，所以选 D。 4.A：故事中蛇帮助了豪猪，豪猪也回报了蛇，体现了 “当我们给予时，我们也会收获”，所以选 A。 5.B：蛇和豪猪分享洞穴，互相帮助，就像人类和 AI 在今天分享资源互相帮助一样，所以选 B。 三、首字母填空 A 篇答案及解析 1.other：与前面的 “The first set” 相对应，表示另一组数据，所以填 other。 2.including：“191 labelled whales” 包括蓝鲸和长须鲸，所以填 including。 3.First：与后面的 “Secondly” 对应，表示第一个发现，所以填 First。 4.in：“take in” 表示摄入，蓝鲸每天摄入近 1000 万件微塑料，所以填 in。 5.because：“because of” 表示因为，这里解释鲸鱼体内微塑料成为研究重点的原因，所以填 because。 6.far：“not so far from” 表示离…… 不远，很多鲸鱼住得离海岸不远，所以填 far。 7.especially：尤其，特别，这里强调污染物中尤其有微塑料，所以填 especially。 8.worse：“what's worse” 表示更糟糕的是，大多数鲸鱼吃东西时吞下大量海水，所以填 worse。 9.further：进一步的，团队准备进行进一步的研究，所以填 further。 10.health：微塑料对鲸鱼的健康有影响，所以填 health。 B 篇答案及解析 1.Instead：几千年前根本不用钱，相反，人类有物物交换系统，所以填 Instead。 2.themselves：如果人们想要自己不能制造或生产的东西，所以填 themselves。 3.exchange：“in exchange” 表示作为交换，他们必须给那个人一些东西作为交换，所以填 exchange。 4.services：不仅货物可以交换，服务也可以，所以填 services。 5.needed：后来，某些东西被用作钱，因为每个人都需要这些东西来交换，所以填 needed。 6.exactly：例如，用几袋盐买一匹马，这正是发生的事情，所以填 exactly。 7.valuable：盐非常有价值，以至于一些士兵用它来支付工资，所以填 valuable。 8.practice：据说 “salary” 这个词来自这个做法，所以填 practice。 9.metal：最后，所有这些种类的钱都被金属片取代，尤其是金和银，所以填 metal。 10.accepts：今天，我们有政府发行的纸币和硬币，每个人都接受这作为钱，所以填 accepts。 11.direct：你可能有时会找到一个可以直接交易的朋友，所以填 direct。 12.allows：钱也允许我们储蓄，所以填 allows。 13.Where：当你储蓄的时候，你会把它们放在哪里，所以填 Where。 14.saving：如果你曾经为了买一辆自行车之类的东西而在家里做工作赚钱，你就会通过你必须做多少工作来了解你所储蓄的东西的价值，所以填 saving。 15.role：钱在我们的生活中扮演着重要的角色，所以填 role。 四、任务型阅读 答案及解析 1.History：中国结始于唐宋，兴盛于明，后传入日本等国，这部分讲的是历史，所以填 History。 2.Tang and Song：中国结作为民间艺术形式始于唐宋，所以填 Tang and Song。 3.Meanings：“结” 意味着 “连接” 或 “组合”，与婚姻、友谊等文化概念相关，且发音接近 “吉”，这部分讲的是意义，所以填 Meanings。 4.joy, love and good luck：中国结完美地作为表达人们对喜悦、爱和好运等美好事物的强烈愿望的方式，所以填 joy, love and good luck。 5.sizes：中国结有各种各样的尺寸，小的用于珠宝等，大的用于装饰房间，所以填 sizes。 6.Double Coin Knots：例如，双钱结因其形状像两个中国古钱币而得名，所以填 Double Coin Knots。 7.similar：几乎所有中国结的主要样式都由两个非常相似的部分组成，正面和背面的图案在每一个细节上也相似，所以填 similar。 8.colours：中国结以其鲜艳的颜色而闻名，所以填 colours。 9.red：红色象征好运和幸福，所以填 red。 10.wealth and honour：黄色可能代表财富和荣誉，所以填 wealth and honour。 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$